The Ogeechee Riverkeeper is seeking to force the state Environmental Protection Division to shut down the discharge from a textile factory’s fire retardant line, which is operating without a state permit.

Attorneys for the nonprofit filed a seven-page petition for mandamus in Superior Court of Screven County Tuesday outlining the case that such a permit is required under the federal Clean Water Act.

Read more in Wednesday's Savannah Morning News and here at savannahnow.com.